re: Martin Scorsese&#39;s top 10 best films from the &#39;90s

Posted by Baloo

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:35 am to DownSouthDave

Yeah, I'm wondering how many people see the title Crash and think the crappy Oscar winner and not the brilliant Palme d'Or winner about people having sex in auto accidents.

Posted by StarkRebel

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:47 am to Bench McElroy

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doesn't have SPR or a single Spielberg film

He jelly

Posted by H-Town Tiger

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:53 am to StarkRebel

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doesn't have SPR or a single Spielberg film

He jelly

I'm sure that's it

The Thin Red Line is > SPR.

SPR is no where close to Speilberg's best movie of the 90's and all time.

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Posted by ManBearTiger

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 9:59 am to H-Town Tiger

If you think...

quote:
The Thin Red Line is > SPR.

..you might be extremely pretentious.

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Posted by jose canseco

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:02 am to Bench McElroy

This is funny. His top 10 movies of the 90's. He lists 11 movies and one is in the 80's.

If only he didn't mention the film in the 80's....

He may be a genius, but this is an idiotic list.

Posted by Dandy Lion

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:12 am to Patrick_Bateman

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You're SURELY thinking of the wrong Crash.

Posted by H-Town Tiger

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:29 am to ManBearTiger

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If you think...
quote:
The Thin Red Line is > SPR.

..you might be extremely pretentious.

no, i just have a different opinion. Now assuming some one is extremely pretentious because they don't agree with you is well, extremely pretentious.

Posted by ManBearTiger

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:30 am to H-Town Tiger

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Now assuming some one is extremely pretentious because they don't agree with you is well, extremely pretentious.

No, that's not how this works.

Posted by H-Town Tiger

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 10:32 am to ManBearTiger

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No, that's not how this works.

are you being intentionally ironic? or would you care to explain how it works oh unpretentious one

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Posted by Tigris

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:26 am to Baloo

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"Crash" - Genuinely erotic, but also profoundly disturbing, beautifully controlled, and completely unconventional.

Yeah - that confused the hell out of me at first.

Posted by Speedy G

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:29 am to JombieZombie

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Bottle Rocket is Anderson's worst film

I like Bottle Rocket. I think Darjeeling is easily his worst. Rushmore is my favorite.

Maybe I need to give it another chance, but I didn't like The Thin Red Line at all. I turned it off after about an hour. It felt too fake. Maybe too many recognizable actors.

Posted by 632627

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:35 am to elprez00

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good or better than anything he's made

Even Goodfellas?

i love goodfellas but pulp fiction is definitely better.

Posted by saint amant steve

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:38 am to 632627

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i love goodfellas but pulp fiction is definitely better.

Without Goodfellas there is no Pulp Fiction.

Posted by CBandits82

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:43 am to Baloo

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Bottle Rocket is the only Wes Anderson film I like.

Posted by JW

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 11:58 am to constant cough

Bottle Rocket is arguably his best film ...... it's true whimsical film making before had better Production Designers and more money to go all out. With Rushmore being a close second. It was an instant classic when I saw it in the empty theater on Essen lane in the mid 90's. Marty has probably screened 100x more films than all of us on this site combined, so his opinion counts for something.

Posted by molsusports

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:03 pm to saint amant steve

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Without Goodfellas there is no Pulp Fiction

I'm probably missing the thrust of your comment here. I assume it is just a preference for MS and/or dislike of QT? Surely you are not giving MS credit for any of the ideas or creating the genre?

RE: the MS list in the OP? I do like a lot of those films but as it turns out I like Roger Ebert's top ten of the 90s list a bit better:

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.1 "Hoop Dreams"

2. "Pulp Fiction"

3. "GoodFellas"

4. "Fargo"

5. "Three Colors Trilogy": "Blue," "White," and "Red"

6. "Schindler's List"

7. "Breaking the Waves"

8. "Leaving Las Vegas"

9. "Malcolm X"

10. "JFK"

I don't really care for JFK and find Malcolm X and Goodfellas very good but not top ten worthy.

Hoop Dreams is a masterpiece. You have to give it a chance but I can't argue with it as #1 for the decade.

Posted by molsusports

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:06 pm to ManBearTiger

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If you think...
quote:
The Thin Red Line is > SPR.

..you might be extremely pretentious.

I don't love either movie even though I recognize the importance of the Thin Red Line and the opening war montage in SPR.

I can see why people who love either film would advocate for it fiercely. I can also see why people would dislike either film.

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Posted by REG861

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Posted on 5/6/15 at 12:20 pm to Bench McElroy

Fargo is a fine movie, but I prefer A Simple Plan in the 'crime gone awry in the frozen Midwest' genre. Much more of an emotional payoff.